GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| conspire | plot |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| flounder | flatfish |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |