GRE Word List

HILARITY

boisterous merriment or laughter

The meaning of the word hilarity is boisterous merriment or laughter.

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humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
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lineamentsan outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
corpusthe body of a human or animal especially when dead
posteritythe offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation
foregoto go before : precede
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