GRE Word List

QUIZZICAL

comically quaint

The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.

Random words

WordMeaning
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
parasitean organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
apiculturethe keeping of bees especially on a large scale
pilfersteal
putrefyto make putrid
climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
banka mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable