GRE Word List
FRIVOLOUS
of little weight or importance
The meaning of the word frivolous is of little weight or importance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| encompass | include |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |