GRE Word List
JOCULAR
said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful
The meaning of the word jocular is said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| 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") |