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 |
|---|---|
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |