GRE Word List
JOCOSE
given to joking : merry
The meaning of the word jocose is given to joking : merry.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| 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 |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| realm | kingdom |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |