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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WordMeaning
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
totterto move unsteadily : stagger
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
fussyeasily upset : irritable
obloquya strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
zeniththe point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration
ecclesiasticecclesiastical
gorgea narrow passage through land