GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |