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 |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| throes | pang |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |