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 |
|---|---|
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |