GRE Word List

CRINGE

to recoil in distaste

The meaning of the word cringe is to recoil in distaste.

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WordMeaning
amoralhaving or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong
problematicposing a problem : difficult to solve or decide
subservientuseful in an inferior capacity : subordinate
matrixsomething within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form
depictto represent by or as if by a picture
criteriaa standard on which a judgment or decision may be based
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
gadflyany of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control