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 |
|---|---|
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| application | an act of applying: |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |