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 |
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sleek | slick |
figure | a number symbol : numeral |
demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
concord | a state of agreement : harmony |
fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |