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 |
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| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
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| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
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| manacle | a shackle for the hand or wrist : handcuff |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |