Word of the day
pare
1. trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges
“Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife”
2. reduce (something) in size, extent, quantity, or number, usually in a number of small successive stages
“union leaders publicly pared down their demands”
verb
/pɛr/
Test your comprehension with these four exercises!
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Choose the word that best fits in the phrase
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"Employees are _____ that the new CEO will pare down the great benefits that the company has always offered."
Select three words related to pare
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- lengthen
- swell
- crop
- truncate
- downsize
- expand
Choose the phrase that uses pare correctly
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Find a word related to pare
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