quirk

nounCommon GRE wordMore Q words

a peculiar or unexpected feature of someone's behavior or of a situation

In a sentence

Quirk in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing quirk in a sentence.

One quirk of the old house was a door that opened onto a solid brick wall.

Synonyms

Antonyms

normregularity

Keep going

a person who fraudulently claims medical or expert knowledge they do not possess

the fraudulent pretense of skill or knowledge, especially in medicine

to drink heartily and in large gulps

to limit or modify a statement so that it is less absolute

a state of uncertainty or perplexity over what to do

a period of enforced isolation to prevent the spread of disease

to suppress or put an end to, especially by force; to quiet or calm

habitually complaining in a peevish, whining manner

Common questions

Quirk (noun) means a peculiar or unexpected feature of someone's behavior or of a situation

Here is quirk used in an example sentence: "One quirk of the old house was a door that opened onto a solid brick wall."

Common synonyms for quirk include idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, eccentricity.

Antonyms of quirk include norm, regularity.

Quirk is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.