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 |
|---|---|
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |