GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| throes | pang |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| blackball | to vote against |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |