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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tenantone who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another
tiradea protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language
shoddya reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo
antiquatedoutmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
polemican aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
improprietyan improper or indecorous act or remark
iniquitouscharacterized by iniquity
despota ruler with absolute power and authority