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 |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| edifice | building |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| billowing | wave |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |