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 |
|---|---|
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| grudging | unwilling |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| seemly | good-looking |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |