GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| wont | accustomed |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
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