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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precariousdependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments
bullya blustering, browbeating person
composurea calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
susceptiblecapable of submitting to an action, process, or operation