GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| 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") |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |