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.

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littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
verisimilarhaving the appearance of truth : probable
cohesionthe act or state of sticking together tightly
pharisaicalmarked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness
insensibleincapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
concavehollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl
effeminatehaving feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner