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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
precipitousprecipitate
penetrateto pass into or through
dazzleto lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
procurementthe act or process of procuring
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about