GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |
| collate | to compare critically |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| distend | extend |
| verve | the spirit and enthusiasm animating artistic composition or performance : vivacity |