GRE Word List
QUIZZICAL
comically quaint
The meaning of the word quizzical is comically quaint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |