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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WordMeaning
flightyswift
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
meddlesomegiven to meddling
annihilateto cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains
poreto gaze intently
fraileasily led into evil
epicureanof or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
incarnationthe act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate
impingeencroach