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.

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WordMeaning
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
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browseto eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse
feintsomething feigned
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
inimicalbeing adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
deprecateto express disapproval of
vaporizeto convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor
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