GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regent | a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
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