GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| welter | writhe |