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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| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| hirsute | hairy |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |