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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| lackadaisical | lacking life, spirit, or zest : languid |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| natal | native |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |