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 |
|---|---|
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |