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 |
|---|---|
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| heed | to pay attention |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |