GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |