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 |
|---|---|
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| blackball | to vote against |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |