GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| warranted | sanction |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |