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 |
|---|---|
| document | proof |
| provenance | origin |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| exegesis | exposition |
| retribution | recompense |