GRE Word List

WHIMSY

whim

The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.

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frenziedfeeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance
fastidiousshowing or demanding excessive delicacy or care
obduratestubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
jauntysprightly in manner or appearance : lively
plumagethe feathers of a bird
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gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
jargonthe technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group