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
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|---|---|
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| espouse | marry |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| bulk | magnitude |
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| 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 |