GRE Word List
MINCING
affectedly dainty or delicate
The meaning of the word mincing is affectedly dainty or delicate.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |