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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killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
protuberance | something that is protuberant |
replicate | duplicate |
roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
impediment | something that impedes |
mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
transitory | of brief duration : temporary |