GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |