GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| championship | designation as champion |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |