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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| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| microcosm | a little world |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
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| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |