GRE Word List

QUAINT

pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar

The meaning of the word quaint is pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar.

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WordMeaning
posthumousborn after the death of the father
demurereserved
confidantone to whom secrets are entrusted
tyroa beginner in learning : novice
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
bicameralhaving, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber
dormera window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof
labyrintha place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
servileof or befitting a menial position