GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
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hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
protuberance | something that is protuberant |
demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
endue | provide |
tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
coalition | the act of coalescing : union |
recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |