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 |
|---|---|
| benefit | something that produces good or helpful results or effects or that promotes well-being : advantage |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |