GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |