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 |
|---|---|
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |