GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| engender | beget |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |