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 |
|---|---|
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |