GRE Word List
JAUNTY
sprightly in manner or appearance : lively
The meaning of the word jaunty is sprightly in manner or appearance : lively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| niggle | trifle |