GRE Word List
JEST
a joking or mocking remark
The meaning of the word jest is a joking or mocking remark.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| ramification | branch |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |