GRE Word List
ABBREVIATE
to make briefer
The meaning of the word abbreviate is to make briefer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| boor | peasant |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |