GRE Word List
REDUCE
to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
The meaning of the word reduce is to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| foppish | foolish |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |