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 |
|---|---|
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |