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 |
|---|---|
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |