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 |
|---|---|
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |