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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| grudging | unwilling |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| recast | to cast again |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |