GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| epitome | a typical or ideal example : embodiment |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |