GRE Word List
JOVIAL
characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
The meaning of the word jovial is characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |