GRE Word List

WHIMSY

whim

The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.

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WordMeaning
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
havenharbor
religiousrelating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity
carriondead and putrefying flesh
meekenduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild
deludeto mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive
suckleto give milk to from the breast or udder
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
clangora resounding clang or medley of clangs
hieroglyphicwritten in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters