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 |
|---|---|
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| 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 |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| osseous | bony |
| consort | associate |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |