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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WordMeaning
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
conceitfavorable opinion
curatora person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits
bacchanaliana Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry
hypocriticalcharacterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy
derelictionan intentional abandonment
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
cogentappealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
distendextend