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 |
|---|---|
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| pending | during |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |