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 |
|---|---|
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |