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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| prank | trick |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |