GRE Word List

PUGILIST

fighter

The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.

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WordMeaning
jabto pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object
parvenuone that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it
run-downan item-by-item report or review : summary
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
alimonyan allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce
altercationa noisy, heated, angry dispute
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
blareto sound loud and strident