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 |
|---|---|
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |