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 |
|---|---|
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
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| omnipresent | present in all places at all times |
| egress | a place or means of going out : exit |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
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| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |