GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| purported | reputed |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |