GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |