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 |
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| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |