GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| natal | native |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| auroral | dawn |
| provenance | origin |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |