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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |