WAEC - English Language (2011 - No. 36)
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.
This book is the abridged version of the original.
edited
detailed
shortened
revised
Explication
Abridged; (of a piece of writing) having been shortened.