Multiple choice softskills leadership abbreviate psychosis marked by delusions of grandeur or persecution spread through or over (with a color or liquid) shorten inclined to cruelty Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself C Correct answer Explanation To abbreviate is to make a word, phrase, or story shorter by omitting parts of it. 'Shorten' is the correct definition. The other options describe paranoia, suffusion, or sadism.