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 |
|---|---|
| myriad | ten thousand |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| apparent | open to view : visible |