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 |
|---|---|
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
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| malediction | curse |
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| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
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| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |