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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| gruff | rough, brusque, or stern in manner, speech, or aspect |
| demure | reserved |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |