Webster Essential Vocabulary

quizzical (KWIZ i kuhl) adj. 1. comical; odd; 2. teasing; bantering; 3. perplexing

• The cat had a seemingly quizzicalexpression on its face after it fell off the
  couch.


• Barry chided Tony about his batting slump in a quizzicalmanner.


• Hailee felt that trying to figure out how this gravity thing worked was
  rather quizzical.
  [-ly adv.]

Quick Review #69.

Match the word from column 2 with the word from column 1 that means most
nearly the same thing.

P – Q: SAT Words 195

1. pristine


2. procrastinate


3. procure


4. profundity


5. profusion


6. prolific


7. protagonist


8. provocative


9. proximity


10. pseudonym


11. quandary


12. quell


13. querulous


14. quest


15. quizzical

a. acquire

b. fertile

c. pen name

d. nearness

e. unspoiled

f. subdue

g. predicament

h. main character

i. postpone

j. abundance

k. stimulating

l. depth

m. pursuit

n. teasing

o. complaining