GRE Word List

CRINGE

to recoil in distaste

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

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venialof a kind that can be remitted : forgivable
profoundhaving intellectual depth and insight
aliasotherwise called : otherwise known as
stipenda fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses
berserkan ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
wangleto resort to trickery or devious methods
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant