GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |