GRE Word List

LEVITY

excessive or unseemly frivolity

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

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prosaiccharacteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
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jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
humanemarked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
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confinesomething (such as borders or walls) that encloses
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astralof, relating to, or coming from the stars