Pare GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /peəʳ/ (verb) Definition to trim and remove the skin or outer layer of something especially fruits and vegetables, trim off excess, peel, skin, shave, strip – cut away, trim, curtail, tidy up, reduce, clip, cut back, slim down, diminish, prune Example Pare can mean the same as peel (to remove the…
Flag GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /flæg/ (noun & verb) Definition Verb: to become weaker and tired, become less interested, lose interest, weaken, wane, weary, fade, decline, dwindle, languish, slacken, pall, subside, ebb, enervate, diminish, abate – mark or highlight something to draw more attention to it Noun: a piece of cloth with a particular design indicating…
Abate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /əˈbeɪt/ (verb) Definition to become less strong, die out, subside, decrease, diminish, let up, taper off, recede, relent, fade away, halt, mitigate, dwindle, wane, moderate, lessen, decline, ebb, weaken, reduce, slacken, allay Example The violent clashes at the courthouse have abated since July 30, when federal agents began drawing down their…
Mitigate GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˈmɪt.ɪ.geɪt/ (verb) Definition to make something less unpleasant or harmful, soften, attenuate, take the edge off, assuage, reduce, ease, palliate, alleviate, diminish, allay, weaken, abate, temper, lessen, moderate, lighten, mollify Example Virtually every person facing criminal punishment wants to know the factors that might cause a judge to increase the sentence.…
Dwindle 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 37 /ˈdwɪn.dļ/ (verb) to become less or smaller in amount or size, reduce, lessen, decrease, fade, decline, vanish, diminish, drop, subside, fall off, shrink, plummet, disappear Earth’s water supply is dwindling as ‘drought-like conditions become the new normal’ Climate change is producing more rain, but the world’s water supply…
Diminish 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 32 /dɪˈmɪn.ɪʃ/ (verb) to become smaller in size or volume, reduce, decrease, subside, decline, abate, lessen, die down, contract, weaken, shrink, fade away In theory, such risks are heightened when the Fed allows the jobless rate to remain below estimates of the natural rate. But what if, as much…
Subside 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 29 səbˈsaɪd/ (verb) to become smaller and less effective, decrease, undermine, wane, diminish, sink to a lower level, dwindle, reduce, lessen, weaken, die down, abate, recede – collapse, fall down, descend, settle The critical flood situation stemmed from a series of depressions that have hit Thailand since Oct 7,…
Decrease 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 12 /dɪˈkriːs/ (noun & verb) to become less or smaller or make something become less or smaller, reduce, decline, lessen, dwindle, subside, deplete, shrink, diminish, abate, lower, wane, minimize, curtail, fall – reduction, cut, lessening, diminution, loss, shrinkage Food waste is a big problem in the United States. According…
Recede Recede (verb) /rɪˈsiːd/ Definition to get further and further away – go backward – move backward – go away – withdraw – move away – retreat – draw back – draw away – lessen – diminish – decline: Example As we were getting away from the island, its beautiful scenery was receding into the…
Attenuate Attenuate (verb) /əˈten.ju.eɪt/ to make something weaker, smaller or less effective – weaken – lessen – reduce – decrease – diminish – mitigate – assuage – calm – soothe – lighten: The polio vaccine is manufactured by attenuating the virus to arouse the immune system so that the body would be immunized against the…