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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| append | attach |