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 |
|---|---|
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |