GRE Word List
JOCOSE
given to joking : merry
The meaning of the word jocose is given to joking : merry.
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| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| effete | no longer fertile |
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| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
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| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
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