GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
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| pastry | a dough that is used to make pies and other baked goods and typically has a high fat content : paste |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
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| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
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