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 |
|---|---|
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |