GRE Word List
PUGILIST
fighter
The meaning of the word pugilist is fighter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| abate | to decrease in force or intensity |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |