GRE Word List
CRINGE
to recoil in distaste
The meaning of the word cringe is to recoil in distaste.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |