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
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
malicioushaving or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice
yoretime past and especially long past
scrappyconsisting of scraps
apostateone who commits apostasy
garrulousgiven to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
waverto vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction
compriseto be made up of
psychopathicof, relating to, or characterized by psychopathy