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 |
|---|---|
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |
| document | proof |
| sidetrack | siding |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |