GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| philatelist | a specialist in philately : one who collects or studies stamps |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |