GRE Word List
WHIM
a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
The meaning of the word whim is a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| farce | stuff |
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| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| fuddle | booze |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |