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 |
|---|---|
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| amity | friendship |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| defame | to harm the reputation of by communicating false statements about : to harm the reputation of by libel (see libel |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |