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 |
|---|---|
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| lewd | obscene |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |