GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |