GRE Word List
QUIRK
an abrupt twist or curve
The meaning of the word quirk is an abrupt twist or curve.
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| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
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| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| convene | to come together in a body |