GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| schism | division |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| serpentine | of or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement) |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |