GRE Vocab letters J through O
Terms
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- Jingoist
- extremely aggressive militant patriot
- Jocose
- given to joking
- Juggernaut
- irresistible crushing force
- Junket
- trip by official at company/public expense
- Junta
- group joined in political intrigue
- Jurisprudence
- study of law
- Ken
- range of knowledge
- Kismet
- fate
- Knell
- tolling of bell
- Labile
- likely to change, unstable
- Lachrymose
- producing tears
- LACONIC
- brief and to the point
- Lancet
- tool for making incisions
- Languor
- depression
- Largess
- generous gift
- LASSITUDE
- weariness
- Legerdemain
- sleight of hand
- Leonine
- like a lion
- Lexicographer
- compiler of a dictionary
- Libertine
- morally corrupt person
- Lien
- legal claim on property
- Ligneous
- resembling wood
- Lilliputian
- extremely small
- Limn
- draw, outline
- Limpid
- clear
- Lineaments
- features, esp of face
- Lithe
- flexible, supple
- Litotes
- understatement for emphasis
- Lugubrious
- mournful
- Macerate
- soften by soaking