GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |