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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| peerless | matchless |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| steep | lofty |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |