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 |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |