GRE Word List
JOSTLE
to come in contact or into collision
The meaning of the word jostle is to come in contact or into collision.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| pundit | pandit |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |