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 |
|---|---|
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| ingrained | forming a part of the essence or inmost being : deep-seated |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |