GRE Word List
QUIRK
an abrupt twist or curve
The meaning of the word quirk is an abrupt twist or curve.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| imbibe | drink |
| sublimate | sublime |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |