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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Word | Meaning |
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catechism | oral instruction |
preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |