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 |
|---|---|
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |