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 |
|---|---|
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| wreak | bring about |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| puerile | juvenile |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |