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 |
|---|---|
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| dart | a light spear |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |