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 |
|---|---|
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| junta | a council or committee for political or governmental purposes |
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| forte | one's strong point |