GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |