GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| potpourri | a mixture of flowers, herbs, and spices that is usually kept in a jar and used for scent |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| libido | instinctual 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 |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |