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 |
|---|---|
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| sheer | unqualified |