GRE Word List
HUMOR
that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality
The meaning of the word humor is that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality.
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| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |