GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| flounder | flatfish |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |