GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| inclusive | broad in orientation or scope |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |