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 |
|---|---|
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| obese | having excessive body fat |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |