GRE Word List

JUNTA

a council or committee for political or governmental purposes

The meaning of the word junta is a council or committee for political or governmental purposes.

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WordMeaning
appriseto give notice to : tell
underhandin a clandestine manner
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
soporificcausing or tending to cause sleep
monetaryof or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
revoketo annul by recalling or taking back : rescind
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
humidcontaining or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive