GRE Word List
JAB
to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
The meaning of the word jab is to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| overt | open to view : manifest |