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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| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |