GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
determinate | having defined limits |
ensconce | shelter |
arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
galaxy | milky way galaxy |
paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
dilute | attenuate |