GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| executor | one who executes something |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |