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 |
|---|---|
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| plait | pleat |