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 |
|---|---|
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| throes | pang |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
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