GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| quench | put out |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| coercion | the act, process, or power of coercing |