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 |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| urchin | hedgehog |