GRE Word List
SHRIVEL
to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture
The meaning of the word shrivel is to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| 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 |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
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