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 |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| grate | grating |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| sheer | unqualified |
| rider | one that rides |