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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habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
emulateto strive to equal or excel
litigationthe act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating
broachbrooch
pacifyto allay the anger or agitation of : soothe
ewethe female of the sheep especially when mature
anachronisman error in chronology
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead