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 |
|---|---|
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |