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 |
|---|---|
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |