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 |
|---|---|
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
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| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
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| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |