GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| nurture | training |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |