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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
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| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| deify | to make a god of |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |