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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| imbibe | drink |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| stamp | to pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |