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 |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| append | attach |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |