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 |
|---|---|
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| attentive | mindful |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |