GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
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| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |