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junior adj. secondary, lesser, lower, minor, subordinate, inferior;
younger: Thompson has been offered a junior partnership in his
firm.
junk n. 1 rubbish, waste, refuse, litter, debris, scrap; US garbage,
trash: A man came to cart away the junk that we had cleared out
of the garage.
--v. 2 Colloq discard, throw away, scrap, cast aside, jettison,
US trash: We bought a new washing-machine and junked the old
one.
junta n. junto, cabal, clique, faction, gang, coterie, band, set,
camarilla: After the coup, the country was run by a military
junta.
jurisdiction
n. authority, power, prerogative, dominion, sovereignty, say,
control, rule, ascendancy, hegemony, influence; province,
district, area, bailiwick, compass, realm, sphere (of
influence), reach, clutches, range, orbit: Tierra del Fuego
seems a bit far to go just to be outside the jurisdiction of the
Inland Revenue.
just adj. 1 fair, equitable, impartial, unbiased, unprejudiced,
reasonable, fair-minded, even-handed, neutral, objective: Do
you think you can expect a just trial after all that publicity?
2 upright, righteous, right-minded, honourable, honest, ethical,
moral, principled, straight, decent, good, upstanding, virtuous,
lawful: In our system of law, one must believe that juries are
basically just. 3 justified, justifiable, well-founded,
well-grounded, legitimate, valid, reasonable, rightful,
(well-)deserved, due, fitting, proper; condign: She has a just
claim to her father's estate. His punishment was just.
--adv. 4 only, merely, nothing but, solely, simply, at best, at
most, no more than: She said just that and nothing else. 5
exactly, precisely, perfectly; barely, only just, hardly,
scarcely, by a hair's breadth, Colloq by the skin of one's
teeth: My new car just fits into the garage, with only inches
to spare. 6 (only or just) now, a moment ago, (very) recently,
lately: We have just returned from a holiday in Tenerife.