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 |
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thespian | actor |
verge | brink |
embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
sleeper | one that sleeps |
indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |