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 |
|---|---|
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |