GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |