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 |
|---|---|
| minuscule | very small |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |