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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ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
constraint | the act of constraining |
clown | farmer |
premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
succor | relief |
gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
cue | the letter q |
enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |