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risible

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore R words

deserving or provoking laughter; absurdly ridiculous

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Risible in a sentence

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His excuse for missing the meeting was frankly risible.

Synonyms
laughableludicrousridiculousabsurd
Antonyms
serioussolemngrave

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Verbal · Text Completion

Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.

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Risible (adjective) means deserving or provoking laughter; absurdly ridiculous
Here is risible used in an example sentence: "His excuse for missing the meeting was frankly risible."
Common synonyms for risible include laughable, ludicrous, ridiculous, absurd.
Antonyms of risible include serious, solemn, grave.
Risible is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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