GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| headlong | headfirst |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |