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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redressto set right : remedy
nominalof, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction
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qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")