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 |
|---|---|
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| hortatory | hortative |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |