GRE Word List

CRINGE

to recoil in distaste

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

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indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
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triviaunimportant matters : trivial facts or details
flippantlacking proper respect or seriousness
terrestrialof or relating to the earth or its inhabitants
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
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