GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| nexus | connection |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |