GRE Word List
TRIM
to remove by or as if by cutting
The meaning of the word trim is to remove by or as if by cutting.
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Word | Meaning |
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paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
ingrate | an ungrateful person |
nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
demure | reserved |
mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |