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 |
|---|---|
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| actuary | clerk |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| clown | farmer |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |