GRE Word List

WHIMSY

whim

The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.

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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
quaffto drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously
avidcharacterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit : very eager and enthusiastic
purgeto clear of guilt
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
fundamentalserving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
throespang
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
tactfulhaving or showing tact