GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

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

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laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious
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malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
crypticsecret
amiablefriendly, sociable, and congenial
jetsamthe part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore