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 |
|---|---|
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| random | a haphazard course |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |