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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WordMeaning
chasethe hunting of wild animals
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
marrowbone marrow
sanctiona formal decree
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
moltenfused or liquefied by heat : melted
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
sinuousof a serpentine or wavy form : winding
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
coalesceto grow together