GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |