GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

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

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WordMeaning
scourgewhip
citeto call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court)
qualifiedfitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly
immunenot susceptible or responsive
preposterouscontrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd
slagthe dross or scoria of a metal
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder