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 |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| potential | existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |