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 |
|---|---|
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| cipher | zero |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |