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 |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| parlance | speech |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| protean | of or resembling Proteus in having a varied nature or ability to assume different forms |