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 |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| stalemate | a drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play |
