GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| mote | a small particle : speck |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |