GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |