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

WordMeaning
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
pugilistfighter
warrantsanction
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
implyto express indirectly
irremediablenot remediable
symbiosisthe living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism)
glutinoushaving the quality of glue : gummy
mercenaryone that serves merely for wages