GRE Word List
JINGOIST
extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
The meaning of the word jingoist is extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
