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 |
|---|---|
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| slander | to utter slander against : defame |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |