GRE Word List

JUNCTURE

a point of time

The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.

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leonineof, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
animositya strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
analgesican agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia
spectruma continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
executeto carry out fully : put completely into effect
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)