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 |
|---|---|
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |