GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |