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 |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| ethereal | of or relating to the regions beyond the earth |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |