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 |
|---|---|
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| consort | associate |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |