GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| ebullient | boiling |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |