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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vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
marginalwritten or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
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clownfarmer
studiousassiduous in the pursuit of learning