GRE Word List
FLASHY
lacking in substance or flavor : insipid
The meaning of the word flashy is lacking in substance or flavor : insipid.
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |