GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |