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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buoyant | having buoyancy |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
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| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |
| yore | time past and especially long past |