GRE Word List
CRINKLE
to form many short bends or ripples
The meaning of the word crinkle is to form many short bends or ripples.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |