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 |
|---|---|
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |