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 |
|---|---|
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| execute | to carry out fully : put completely into effect |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |