GRE Word List
QUEASY
experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy
The meaning of the word queasy is experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| primary | first in rank or importance; principal; earliest in time; Ex. primary stages; N. CF. first |
| philistine | narrow-minded person, uncultured and exclusively interested in material gain; uncultured person who is indifferent to artistic and cultural values; member of an ancient people in Palestine; OP. aesthete |
| effete | having lost one's original power; barren; worn out; exhausted |
| amenities | convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies |
| pontifical | pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff: pope; bishop |
| celibate | abstaining from sexual intercourse; unmarried; N. celibacy |
| scurvy | contemptible; despicable; N: disease caused by deficiency of Vitamin C |
| adversary | opponent; enemy |
| contrived | unnatural and forced; artificial; not spontaneous; Ex. The ending was rather contrived. |
| jab | poke abruptly with something sharp; punch with short blows |
