GRE Word List
HILARITY
boisterous merriment or laughter
The meaning of the word hilarity is boisterous merriment or laughter.
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| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
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