GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| flighty | swift |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |