GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| mortician | undertaker |
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| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
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| laud | praise |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
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| provident | frugal |
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