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 |
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context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
machinations | an act of machinating |
gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
infallible | incapable of error : unerring |