GRE Word List
JUNCTURE
a point of time
The meaning of the word juncture is a point of time.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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rarefied | being less dense |
reek | smoke |
stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
fray | a usually disorderly or protracted fight, struggle, or dispute |
incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |