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 |
|---|---|
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |