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 |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| bucolic | of or relating to shepherds or herdsmen : pastoral |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| edifice | building |
| hubbub | noise |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |