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 |
|---|---|
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| hurl | rush |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| plane | airplane |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |