GRE Word List
QUERULOUS
habitually complaining
The meaning of the word querulous is habitually complaining.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
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| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| impediment | something that impedes |