GRE Word List

MINCING

affectedly dainty or delicate

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

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apologistsomeone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism
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elegya poem in elegiac couplets
irasciblemarked by hot temper and easily provoked anger
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
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impugnto assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use