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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| forebears | ancestor |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| unkempt | not combed |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| pliant | pliable |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |