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 |
|---|---|
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| natal | native |
| fauna | animal life |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| abnegation | denial |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |