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 |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |