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 |
|---|---|
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| paltry | inferior |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |