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 |
|---|---|
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |