The biographer's portrait of her subject is largely sympathetic, but she does not flinch from the harder evidence. Where her research has turned up acts of small cruelty or quiet cowardice, she records them with the same care she gives to his triumphs.
As used in the text, what does the word "flinch" most nearly mean?
- A
twitch involuntarily
- B
show a slight smile
- C
reduce in volume
- Dcheck_circle
shrink from in avoidance
Explanation
She does not avoid the harder evidence; "flinch from" means shrink from in avoidance, not the literal twitch, smile, or volume senses.