GRE Word List
QUEER
differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd
The meaning of the word queer is differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |