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 |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| canny | clever |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| seemly | good-looking |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |