GRE Word List
DWINDLE
to become steadily less : shrink
The meaning of the word dwindle is to become steadily less : shrink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| forebears | ancestor |
| 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 |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| pilfer | steal |