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 |
|---|---|
| plethora | an ample amount or number : abundance |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| stilted | pompous |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |