GRE Word List

QUIZZICAL

comically quaint

The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.

Random words

WordMeaning
loftan upper room or floor : attic
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
compulsionan act of compelling
beatitudea state of utmost bliss
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful