GRE Word List
CURTAIL
to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
The meaning of the word curtail is to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| 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 |
| implode | to burst inward |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| alleviate | relieve |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |