GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

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

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sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
conjureto charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
vyingcontending; to strive for superiority
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
sobrietythe quality or state of being sober
emulateto strive to equal or excel