GRE Word List
CRINGE
to recoil in distaste
The meaning of the word cringe is to recoil in distaste.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
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| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
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