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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| poise | balance |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |