GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |