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 |
|---|---|
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |