GRE Word List
FACETIOUS
joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
The meaning of the word facetious is joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| overthrow | overturn |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |