GRE Word List
CRINGE
to recoil in distaste
The meaning of the word cringe is to recoil in distaste.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amity | friendship |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |