GRE Word List
TAPER
to become progressively smaller toward one end
The meaning of the word taper is to become progressively smaller toward one end.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |