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 |
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| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| defer | put off |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |