GRE Word List

QUIZZICAL

comically quaint

The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.

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deftcharacterized by facility and skill
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
asyluman inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
figurinea small carved or molded figure : statuette
comityfriendly social atmosphere : social harmony
decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
longevitya long duration of individual life