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 |
|---|---|
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| abnegation | denial |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |