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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practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
recurrentrunning or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
drudgeto do hard, menial, or monotonous work
hatcha small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship)
morosehaving a sullen and gloomy disposition