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 |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| seep | to flow or pass slowly through fine pores or small openings : ooze |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |