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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| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
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| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |