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 |
|---|---|
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |