GRE Word List
CRINGE
to recoil in distaste
The meaning of the word cringe is to recoil in distaste.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
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| passe | past one's prime |