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 |
|---|---|
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |