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 |
|---|---|
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| grate | grating |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |