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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WordMeaning
latchto lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms
gistessence; main point; substance
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind
chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
coymarked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness
benedictionthe invocation (see invocation
moleculethe smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
compunctionanxiety arising from awareness of guilt