GRE Word List
WHIMSICAL
capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange
The meaning of the word whimsical is capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expository | explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition |
| emolument | salary; payment for an office; compensation |
| cower | shrink quivering as from fear; cringe |
| compulsive | resulting from compulsion |
| charlatan | quack; pretender to knowledge (esp. in medicine) |
| shambles | (place or scene of) complete disorder or ruin; wreck; mess; Ex. After the hurricane, the coast was a shambles. |
| varnish | paint used to coat a surface with a glossy film; glossy coating produced by using this substance; Ex. nail varnish; V. |
| grudging | unwilling; reluctant; stingy(giving reluctantly) |
| regimen | prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
| supine | lying on back; passive; inactive; Ex. The defeated pugilist lay supine; Ex. supine acceptance of the decision |
