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 |
|---|---|
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| reverberate | reflect |
| plait | pleat |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |