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 |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |