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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| onus | burden |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
