GRE Word List

PUGILIST

fighter

The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.

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concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
bastiona projecting part of a fortification
slewa large number
scalean instrument or machine for weighing
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
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strutto become turgid : swell