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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definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
epistemologistthe study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
searbeing dried and withered
vernalof, relating to, or occurring in the spring
seinea large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore