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 |
|---|---|
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| significant | having meaning |