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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agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager
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righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
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metaphysicalof or relating to metaphysics
hatcha small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship)
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
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