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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |