GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |