GRE Word List
HILARITY
boisterous merriment or laughter
The meaning of the word hilarity is boisterous merriment or laughter.
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|---|---|
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| append | attach |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| touchstone | a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
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