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
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
posturethe position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose
surlymenacing or threatening in appearance
dolorouscausing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
headfirstwith the head foremost
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
loatheto dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest