GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foolhardy | foolishly adventurous and bold : rash |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| append | attach |
| annotate | to make or furnish critical or explanatory notes or comment |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |