GRE Word List
JAUNTY
sprightly in manner or appearance : lively
The meaning of the word jaunty is sprightly in manner or appearance : lively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| courier | messenger |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |