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
throespang
salutaryproducing a beneficial effect : remedial
orientto direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group
congenitalexisting at or dating from birth
tumultdisorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion
gerrymanderthe act or method of gerrymandering
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly
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supererogatoryobserved or performed to an extent not enjoined or required
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant