GRE Word List
WIZENED
to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality
The meaning of the word wizened is to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
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| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
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| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
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