GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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|---|---|
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
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| corrugated | having corrugations |
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| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
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