GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

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

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WordMeaning
foreshadowto represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure
seismicof, subject to, or caused by an earthquake
archaichaving the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
gaita manner of walking or moving on foot
gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
ballasta heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine)
fabricateinvent
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
zephyra breeze from the west