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 |
|---|---|
| clime | climate |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |