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

WordMeaning
bivouaca usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
tardymoving slowly : sluggish
smudgeto make a smudge on
slewa large number
dehydrateto remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water
gistessence; main point; substance
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
retrogradehaving or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars