GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |