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quizzical (KWIZ i kuhl) adj. 1. comical; odd; 2. teasing; bantering; 3. perplexing
• The cat had a seemingly quizzical expression on its face after it fell off the
couch.
• Barry chided Tony about his batting slump in a quizzical manner.
• 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.
1. pristine a. acquire

2. procrastinate b. fertile
3. procure c. pen name
4. profundity d. nearness
5. profusion e. unspoiled
6. prolific f. subdue
7. protagonist g. predicament
8. provocative h. main character

9. proximity i. postpone
10. pseudonym j. abundance
11. quandary k. stimulating
12. quell l. depth
13. querulous m. pursuit
14. quest n. teasing
15. quizzical o. complaining