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 |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |