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 |
|---|---|
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| cohorts | companion |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |