GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| diva | prima donna |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| environ | encircle |