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 |
|---|---|
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| reek | smoke |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| skimp | skimpy |