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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| bask | to lie or relax in a pleasant warmth or atmosphere |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |