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 |
|---|---|
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| codicil | a legal instrument made to modify an earlier will |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| quietude | a quiet state : repose |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |