GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |