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 |
|---|---|
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| docile | easily taught |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |