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 |
|---|---|
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| significant | having meaning |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |