GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |