GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |