GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |