GMAT GMAT Meaning by word 040

to shorten; to reduce in length compress; to diminish; to make brief

to break; to split in two; to divide

to try to equal or excel; to take after; to imitate; to copy

to let go; to abandon; to surrender; to forsake

to laugh at with contempt; to mock; to sneer; to ridicule

to begin; to admit into a group; to start; to bring about; to commence

to flood; to overwhelm with a large amount of

to tear; mangle; to wound; hurt; to rip

to take the place of; to usurp

to become weak; to send a message; to signal; to lose energy or momentum

to frustrate the expectations of; to perplex; to confuse

to regulate; to adjust; to vary the pitch; to control

to bicker; to criticize; to complain

to solve

to pray for evil; to invoke a curse

to influence; to persuade; to coax

to hate; to dislike; to detest

to pretend; to imitate; to fake; to fabricate; to make up

to estimate the value of; to appraise; to measure

to soften; to make less intense; to pacify

to drink quickly

to show sympathy for; to empathize; to feel sorrow for; to pity

to occupy the whole of; to infiltrate; to spread out; to penetrate

to search thoroughly; to look for diligently

to set aside; to designate; to assign

to blame; to denunciate; to attack strongly; to explode with a loud noise

to rip or pull from; to split with violence; to disturb with a sharp noise; to tear

to receive pleasure from; to enjoy with appreciation; to dwell on with delight

to annoy; to irritate

to become more and more virulent and fixed; to decay