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 |
|---|---|
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |