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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| demure | reserved |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |