GRE Word List
CRINGE
shrink back as if in fear; cower
The meaning of the word cringe is shrink back as if in fear; cower.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bombastic | pompous; using inflated language |
| soluble | able to be dissolved in a liquid; able to be worked out or solved |
| fancy | imagination (of a whimsical or fantastic nature); capricious liking; V: imagine; be fond of; ADJ. decorative; elaborate |
| insensible | unconscious; unresponsive; insensitive; unaware; imperceptible; Ex. insensible of his danger/to pain; Ex. insensible change; CF. not the opposite of sensible |
| tacit | understood (without actually being expressed); not put into words; Ex. tacit agreement |
| inequity | unfairness; ADJ. inequitable |
| retract | withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile |
| carrion | rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture |
| commonplace | ordinary; N: something ordinary or common; trite remark |
| fluted | having vertical parallel grooves (as in a pillar); V. flute: make long parallel inward curves in; N. flute: long rounded groove incised on the shaft of a column |
