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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |