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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| hirsute | hairy |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |