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 |
|---|---|
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| junket | trip |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| outwit | to get the better of by superior cleverness : outsmart |
| gust | the sensation of taste |