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 |
|---|---|
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| connoisseur | expert |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| replicate | duplicate |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |