GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| sleek | slick |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| politic | political |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| comprise | to be made up of |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |