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

WordMeaning
browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
impeachto charge with a crime or misdemeanor
bohemiana native or inhabitant of Bohemia
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
stymieto present an obstacle to : stand in the way of
tediumthe quality or state of being tedious : tediousness
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
graciousmarked by kindness and courtesy