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 |
|---|---|
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| allege | to assert without proof or before proving |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |