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

WordMeaning
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
repulsionthe action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed
disquietudeanxiety
conclavea private meeting or secret assembly
appropriateespecially suitable or compatible : fitting
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
deducibleto determine by reasoning or deduction
porouspossessing or full of pores
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum