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 |
|---|---|
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| residual | remainder |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |