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 |
|---|---|
| politic | political |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |