GRE Word List
LEVITY
excessive or unseemly frivolity
The meaning of the word levity is excessive or unseemly frivolity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| deify | to make a god of |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| ruthless | having no pity : merciless |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |