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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
