GRE Word List
QUERULOUS
habitually complaining
The meaning of the word querulous is habitually complaining.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| 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 |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| valedictory | of or relating to a valediction : expressing or containing a farewell |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| propulsive | tending or having power to propel |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |