GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| welter | writhe |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |