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 |
|---|---|
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| onus | burden |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| hardy | bold |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |