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 |
|---|---|
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |