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 |
|---|---|
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| brook | creek |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| doddering | feeble |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |