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 |
|---|---|
| engender | beget |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| concur | to express agreement |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |