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 |
|---|---|
| propagate | to cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction |
| demerit | offense |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |