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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WordMeaning
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
seclusionthe act of secluding : the condition of being secluded
torpora state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility
obeisancea movement of the body made in token of respect or submission : bow
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail
palatableagreeable to the palate or taste
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
unfrockdefrock
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity