GRE Word List
WANE
to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
The meaning of the word wane is to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| prong | fork |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |