GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| purported | reputed |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |