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 |
|---|---|
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| dire | exciting horror |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |