GRE Word List
FACETIOUS
joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
The meaning of the word facetious is joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| revile | to subject to verbal abuse : vituperate |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| unfrock | defrock |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
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| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |