GRE Word List
DROLL
having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
The meaning of the word droll is having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| politic | political |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |