GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| polity | political organization |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |