GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |