GRE Word List

DWINDLE

to become steadily less : shrink

The meaning of the word dwindle is to become steadily less : shrink.

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WordMeaning
giddydizzy
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters
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unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
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predecessorone that precedes
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
reactionaryrelating to, marked by, or favoring reaction