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 |
|---|---|
| freebooter | pirate |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |