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 |
|---|---|
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| cursive | running |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |