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 |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| noisome | noxious |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |