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 |
|---|---|
| mendicant | beggar |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |