GRE Word List
PARE
to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of
The meaning of the word pare is to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |