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 |
|---|---|
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| encompass | include |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| dissension | disagreement |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |