GRE Word List
MINCING
affectedly dainty or delicate
The meaning of the word mincing is affectedly dainty or delicate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |