GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |