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 |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| quench | put out |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| lunar | crescent |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |