GRE Word List
JEST
playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully
The meaning of the word jest is playful remark or act; V. act or speak playfully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement for emphasis; Ex. ``not bad(=pretty good)'' |
| disband | dissolve; disperse; (of a group) break up and separate; Ex. The club has disbanded. |
| lewd | lustful |
| illusion | misleading vision or visual image; false idea or belief; CF. delusion |
| porous | full of pores; like a sieve |
| relegate | put into a lower or worse place; banish to an inferior position; delegate; assign; Ex. relegate the old furniture to the children's room; Ex. relegated to the second division |
| factious | inclined to form factions; causing dissension |
| solitude | state of being alone; seclusion; ADJ. solitary: existing or living alone (esp. by choice); remote or secluded; single; sole; Ex. solitary life/inn; Ex. no solitary piece of proof |
| aseptic | preventing infection; having a cleansing effect |
| monochromatic | having only one color |
