GRE Word List
LEVITY
excessive or unseemly frivolity
The meaning of the word levity is excessive or unseemly frivolity.
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degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
respite | a period of temporary delay |
gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
allure | to entice by charm or attraction |