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 |
|---|---|
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| industrious | constantly, regularly, or habitually active or occupied : diligent |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |