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 |
|---|---|
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| mellifluous | having a smooth rich flow |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |