GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| altercation | a noisy, heated, angry dispute |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |