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 |
|---|---|
| humdrum | monotonous |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |