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 |
|---|---|
| prosperous | auspicious |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |