GRE Word List

ABBREVIATE

to make briefer

The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.

Random words

WordMeaning
cognitiveof, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
precipitousprecipitate
luxuriateto grow profusely : thrive
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
schismdivision
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)
insensatelacking sense or understanding
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
alloythe degree of mixture with base metals : fineness