GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |