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 |
|---|---|
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |