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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |