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 |
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| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| spate | freshet |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |