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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| billowing | wave |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |