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 |
|---|---|
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |