GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| dupe | one that is easily deceived or cheated : fool |
| executor | one who executes something |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |