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 |
|---|---|
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |