GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| courier | messenger |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| environ | encircle |