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 |
|---|---|
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| historic | historical |
| conflagration | fire |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |