GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fauna | animal life |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| yen | a strong desire or propensity |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |