GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| facade | the front of a building |