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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |