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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| natal | native |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |