GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |