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 |
|---|---|
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| paltry | inferior |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |