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 |
|---|---|
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |