GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| querulous | habitually complaining |