GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

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

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fanciedimagined or believed to be true or real
provocativeserving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
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reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
chapela subordinate or private place of worship: such as
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headlongheadfirst
severitythe quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
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