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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| vendetta | blood feud |