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 |
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| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |