Jocular | SAT Vocabulary Related to Humor
A funny word if there ever was one.
Don’t you love hanging out with funny people? Jocular is a great word to describe them!
You can remember this one pretty easily: A jocular person makes lots of JOKES.
📚️ Definition of Jocular
Jocular (adjective): Characterized by joking and good humor; playful and humorous in manner or speech. Example: a jocular remark.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Jocular
IPA: /ˈdʒɑ.kjə.lɚ/ (See IPA key)
Respelling: JAH-kyuh-ler
📰 Examples of Jocular
Here are some examples of the word jocular:
My teacher’s jocular nature made it hard to take him seriously, even when he was really, really mad.
Mark Twain was known for his jocular personality and witty observations.
Berto was a jocular, ruddy-faced man, large and stout, a typical barkeeper in that frontier town.
“He always had a jocular disposition” correct me if that is wrong g
I don’t know why, but when I hear the world Jocular my mind immediately goes to a man I had talked to I Cancun, where I was bargaining with on a jersey. He was so jocular and amiable that I gave in and paid him what he wanted. Being jocular pays off when in the business of sales.