GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| minuscule | very small |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| spoof | deceive |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| boor | peasant |