GRE Word List
PUCKER
to become wrinkled or constricted
The meaning of the word pucker is to become wrinkled or constricted.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| schism | division |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |