GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

The meaning of the word levity is excessive or unseemly frivolity.

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WordMeaning
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
genteelhaving an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish
festerto generate pus
skeptican adherent or advocate of skepticism
winnowto remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
hallowedholy
curtailto make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
subjugateto bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer