GRE Word List
ABRIDGE
to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
The meaning of the word abridge is to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| document | proof |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |