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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |