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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WordMeaning
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
purportedreputed
exceptwith the exclusion or exception of