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 |
|---|---|
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |