GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |