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 |
|---|---|
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |