GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| thespian | actor |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |