GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expatriate | banish |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |