GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |