GRE Word List
QUALMS
a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
The meaning of the word qualms is a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| dull | tedious |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |