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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|---|---|
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| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
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