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 |
|---|---|
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |