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 |
|---|---|
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| crass | gross |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| season | a time characterized by a particular circumstance or feature |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |