GRE Word List
DEADPAN
marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
The meaning of the word deadpan is marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| mischance | bad luck |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |