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 |
|---|---|
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| vixen | a female fox |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| trance | stupor |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| beleaguer | besiege |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |