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 |
|---|---|
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |