GRE Word List
MINCING
affectedly dainty or delicate
The meaning of the word mincing is affectedly dainty or delicate.
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| exploit | deed |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |