GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| exploit | deed |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| bland | smooth and soothing in manner or quality |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |