GRE Word List
WHIMSICAL
resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice
The meaning of the word whimsical is resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| succor | relief |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| invective | insulting or abusive language : vituperation |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |