GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
append | attach |
annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |