GRE Word List

BIZARRE

strikingly out of the ordinary: such as

The meaning of the word bizarre is strikingly out of the ordinary: such as.

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haphappening
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
factiona party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
piscatorialpiscatory
shrewdmarked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen
amenitiessomething that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment
endearto cause to become beloved or admired
pretentiouscharacterized by pretension: such as
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet