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

WordMeaning
begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
botchan inflammatory sore
irremediablenot remediable
spruceto make spruce
impuissanceweakness
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
reverberatereflect
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state