GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| cipher | zero |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |