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 |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| slapdash | haphazard |