GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allure | to entice by charm or attraction |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| plait | pleat |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |