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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WordMeaning
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
bucolicof or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
perturbto cause to be worried or upset : disquiet
ramshackleappearing ready to collapse : rickety
scadany of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus)
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
plaitpleat