GRE Word List

FLINCH

to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince

The meaning of the word flinch is to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince.

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usagefirmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
protractto prolong in time or space : continue
spartana native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta
outragean act of violence or brutality
noncommittalgiving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
duressforcible restraint or restriction
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
alacritypromptness in response : cheerful readiness