GRE Word List
JUNKET
trip
The meaning of the word junket is trip.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| freebooter | pirate |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |