GRE Word List

JUNCTURE

a point of time

The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.

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WordMeaning
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
revileto subject to verbal abuse : vituperate
extraditionthe surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
scoretwenty