GRE Word List

GARNER

to gather into storage

The meaning of the word garner is to gather into storage.

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curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
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supplantto supersede (another) especially by force or treachery
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assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
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