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 |
|---|---|
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |