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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entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
titanichaving great magnitude, force, or power : colossal
memorializeto address or petition by a memorial
meretriciousof or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution
potablesuitable for drinking
existentialof, relating to, or affirming existence
biliousof or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile
impelto urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force
rankrelative standing or position
blurtto utter abruptly and impulsively