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 |
|---|---|
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |