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 |
|---|---|
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| apprehend | arrest |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |