GRE Word List
JUNKET
trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense
The meaning of the word junket is trip especially one taken for pleasure by an official at public expense.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enmity | ill will; hatred; hostility |
| felicitous | (of a word or remark) apt; suitably expressed; well chosen |
| stem | stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the bleeding from the slashed artery; N: main axis of a plant; stalk |
| foreshadow | give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure |
| divine | perceive intuitively (by or as if by magic); foresee the future; foretell; dowse; ADJ. N. divination |
| satirical | using satire; mocking |
| waver | move or swing back and forth; be uncertain or unsteady in decision or movement; Ex. wavering between accepting and refusing |
| prehensile | capable of grasping or holding (esp. by wrapping around); Ex. prehensile tails |
| delineate | portray; depict; sketch; describe; N. delineation |
| dotage | senility; feeblemindedness of old age; Ex. In one's dotage |
