GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| dally | to act playfully |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |