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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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 |