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 |
|---|---|
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |