GRE Word List

ABBREVIATE

to make briefer

The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.

Random words

WordMeaning
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
aspersiona false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
gibberishunintelligible or meaningless language:
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
marto ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil
corpusclea minute particle
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
tendentiousmarked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased