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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| raiment | clothing |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| trenchant | keen |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |