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 |
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hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
auxiliary | offering or providing help |
totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
effusion | an act of effusing |
motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
ciliated | possessing cilia |