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 |
|---|---|
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |