GRE Word List
JAUNT
a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
The meaning of the word jaunt is a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| congruent | congruous |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |