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 |
|---|---|
| overwhelm | upset |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |