GRE Word List

MINCING

affectedly dainty or delicate

The meaning of the word mincing is affectedly dainty or delicate.

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solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
solventable to pay all legal debts
rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
venoma toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect
impromptumade, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised
depleteto empty of a principal substance
herpetologista branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
amissin a mistaken way : wrongly
indissolublenot dissoluble
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving