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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| amend | to put right |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |