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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| wretch | a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune |