All J and K-words from Barron's

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  1. jabber
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  2. jaded
    exhausted
  3. jargon
    technical terminology characteristic of a particular subject
  4. jaundiced
    affected by yellowing of the skin
  5. jaunt
    a journey taken for pleasure
  6. jaunty
    having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air
  7. jeopardize
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  8. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  9. jibe
    be compatible, similar, or consistent
  10. jingoist
    an extreme bellicose nationalist
  11. jocose
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  12. jocular
    characterized by jokes and good humor
  13. jocund
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  14. jollity
    feeling jovial and full of good humor
  15. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  16. jovial
    full of or showing high-spirited merriment
  17. jubilation
    a feeling of extreme joy
  18. juggernaut
    a massive inexorable force
  19. juncture
    the shape or manner in which things come together
  20. junket
    journey taken for pleasure and often funded by someone else
  21. junta
    a group of officers who rule a country after seizing power
  22. jurisprudence
    the branch of philosophy concerned with the law
  23. juxtapose
    place side by side
  24. kaleidoscope
    an optical toy in a tube
  25. ken
    range of what one can know or understand
  26. kernel
    a single whole grain of a cereal
  27. killjoy
    someone who spoils the pleasure of others
  28. kindle
    catch fire
  29. kindred
    group of people related by blood or marriage
  30. kleptomaniac
    someone with an irrational urge to steal
  31. knave
    a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel
  32. knead
    use the hands to mix and work something into a uniform mass
  33. knell
    the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death
  34. knit
    make by needlework with interlacing yarn
  35. knoll
    a small natural mound
  36. knotty
    tangled in snarls
Created on Sat Feb 23 08:25:22 EST 2013 (updated Sat Feb 23 08:25:38 EST 2013)

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