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 |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |