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 |
|---|---|
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |