GRE Word List
WHIMSY
whim
The meaning of the word whimsy is whim.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |