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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| gnome | maxim |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| sublimate | sublime |