GRE Word List

LUDICROUS

amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity

The meaning of the word ludicrous is amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity.

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pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
overseesurvey
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lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words