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
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| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
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| compulsive | having power to compel |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
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| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |