GRE Word List
UNGUENT
a soothing or healing salve : ointment
The meaning of the word unguent is a soothing or healing salve : ointment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| cardiologist | the study of the heart and its action and diseases |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
