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 |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |