GRE Word List

PUGILIST

fighter

The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.

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impregnableincapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable
metropolisthe chief or capital city of a country, state, or region
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
metricalof, relating to, or composed in meter
tempestuousof, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
noxiousphysically harmful or destructive to living beings
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
leavena substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp