GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
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|---|---|
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
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| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |