GRE Word List
FATUOUS
complacently or inanely foolish : silly
The meaning of the word fatuous is complacently or inanely foolish : silly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |