GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
subsistence | real being : existence |
penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |