Vocabulary Word
Word: shrivel
Definition: make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
Definition: make or become shrunken and wrinkled (often by drying)
Sentences Containing 'shrivel'
The man on the floor would shrivel up and say, "Oh, please don't, Bill; I hain't ever goin' to tell."
For in his eyes I read some lurid woe would shrivel me up, had I it.
More Vocab Words
::: contingent - dependent on something uncertain or in the future; conditional; happening by chance; accidental; N: a group of soldiers, ships to a larger force; CF. contingency: future event that may or may not occur; possibility; Ex. prepare for every contingency::: winnow - sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing; separate good parts from bad; CF. wind
::: truism - self-evident truth
::: ultimatum - last demand; last warning; last statement of conditions that must be met; Ex. They have ignored our ultimatum.
::: decant - pour off gently (wine or liquid)
::: seclusion - isolation; solitude; V. seclude: set apart from others; isolate
::: disport - amuse; Ex. disport oneself; CF. divert
::: insipid - lacking in flavor; lacking interest; dull; Ex. insipid food/character
::: interminable - endless
::: despise - look on with scorn; regard as worthless or distasteful; ADJ. despicable: contemptible
