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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reconditedifficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
herpetologista branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
terminalleading ultimately to death : fatal
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
enervatelacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated
existentialof, relating to, or affirming existence
kismetfate
cardinala high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body