GRE Word List

MIRTH

gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter

The meaning of the word mirth is gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter.

Random words

WordMeaning
inanimatenot animate:
noisomenoxious
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
sentimentalmarked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism
clangora resounding clang or medley of clangs
vauntedhighly or widely praised or boasted about
ironythe use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning
obnoxiousodiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)