GRE Word List

ABBREVIATE

to make briefer

The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.

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incendiaryigniting combustible materials spontaneously
dispiritedto deprive of morale or enthusiasm
seepto flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
lewdobscene
tarryto delay or be tardy in acting or doing
ambulatoryable to walk about and not bedridden
coincorner
specka small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay