GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| linguistic | of or relating to language or linguistics |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |