GRE Word List

ABBREVIATE

to make briefer

The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.

Random words

WordMeaning
pinchto squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument
treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
potpourria mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
consanguinitythe quality or state of being consanguineous
yoretime past and especially long past
vagrantone who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support
inroadan advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
diurnalactive chiefly in the daytime