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 |
|---|---|
| flighty | swift |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| impinge | encroach |