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 |
|---|---|
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| paltry | inferior |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |