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
Word | Meaning |
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imprecation | curse |
negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
cemetery | a burial ground |
stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
ebullient | boiling |
onus | burden |
retrench | cut down |
bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |