GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| reckon | count |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |