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 |
|---|---|
| savory | having savor: such as |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| progeny | descendants |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |