GRE Word List
WEIRD
of strange or extraordinary character : odd
The meaning of the word weird is of strange or extraordinary character : odd.
Random words
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squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
fell | skin |
promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |