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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |