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 |
|---|---|
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| dull | tedious |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |