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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| abnegation | denial |
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |