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 |
|---|---|
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| sublimate | sublime |