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 |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| lewd | obscene |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |