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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visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
sourbeing, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice
ripto tear or split apart or open
contrivedevise
unmitigatednot lessened : unrelieved
frockan outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit
compoundsomething formed by a union of elements or parts
camaraderiea spirit of friendly good-fellowship
irremediablenot remediable
pastrya dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste