GRE Word List

MINCING

affectedly dainty or delicate

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

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WordMeaning
assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand
pertinenthaving a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand
flinchto withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
circumspectcareful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent
interrogateto question formally and systematically
ratiocinationthe process of exact thinking : reasoning
guilelessinnocent
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief