GRE Word List
TRUNCATE
to shorten by or as if by cutting off
The meaning of the word truncate is to shorten by or as if by cutting off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |