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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| imprecation | curse |