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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occidentwest
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
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tonsurethe Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
captionthe part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed
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maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
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