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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WordMeaning
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
putativecommonly accepted or supposed
intersticea space that intervenes between things
consolidationthe act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated
granarya storehouse for threshed grain
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports