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

WordMeaning
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
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irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
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migrantone that migrates: such as
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation