GRE Word List
WINCE
to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
The meaning of the word wince is to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| asunder | into parts |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| overweening | arrogant |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |