whittle

Day 20Level 3

HWIT-l

reduce

carve with knife; reduce step by step

Part of Speech: verb

Synonyms:

diminish, erode, shave

Antonyms:

develop, enlarge

Example Sentence:

If they're looking for ways to quickly whittle down a large pool of candidates, this is one of them.

Related Words

abolish

AB-roh-gayt

to abolish by authority

make worse

AG-ruh-veyt

make worse; irritate

generous

buh-NEF-uh-suhnt

showing kindness ; generous

rupture

breech

opening, rupture

shaping tool

CHIZ-uhl

steel tool for shaping materials

patronizing behavior

kon-duh-SEN-shuhn

patronizingly superior behavior or attitude.