GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| opus | work |
| aver | to declare positively |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| exploit | deed |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |