GRE Word List

WHIMSY

whim

The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.

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WordMeaning
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
rhapsodya portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
nonsensewords or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade