GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
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abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
denomination | an act of denominating |