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 |
|---|---|
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| premonition | previous notice or warning : forewarning |
| unfrock | defrock |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |