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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WordMeaning
noveltysomething new or unusual
simulateto give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
dispassionatenot influenced by strong feeling
futileserving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
ideologya manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
parcheddeprived of natural moisture
chasethe hunting of wild animals
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid