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 |
|---|---|
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
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| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |