GRE Word List
TRUNCATE
cut the top off; shorten
The meaning of the word truncate is cut the top off; shorten.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| diabolical | diabolic; devilish; fiendish |
| smart | intelligent; quick and energetic; fashionable; Ex. smart pace/restaurant; V: cause or feel a sharp pain; N: smarting pain |
| covetous | avaricious; desirous of (someone else's possessions); V. covet: desire eagerly (someone else's possessions) |
| censorious | severely critical |
| recount | narrate or tell (a story); count over again |
| list | tilt (as of a ship); lean over (to one side) |
| ebb | (of the tide) recede; lessen; diminish; N. OP. flow: rise of tide |
| penance | self-imposed punishment for sin; Ex. do penance for one's sins; CF. penitent |
| incursion | temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey |
| resilient | elastic; having the power of springing back; able to recover quickly (as from misfortune) |
