GRE Word List

ABBREVIATE

to make briefer

The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.

Random words

WordMeaning
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
satiatefilled to satiety
thespianactor
dismemberto cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
mawkishlacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right