GRE Word List
PUMMEL
pommel; beat or pound with fists
The meaning of the word pummel is pommel; beat or pound with fists.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detached | emotionally removed; free from emotional involvement; calm and objective; physically separate; N. detachment; CF. attachment |
| officious | meddlesome; excessively pushy in offering one's services; overly eager in offering unwanted services or advices; Ex. officious bellboy |
| erotic | pertaining to passionate love or sexual love |
| deify | turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity |
| chancellor | legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
| embody | give a bodily form to; incorporate; include |
| chorus | phrase repeated throughout a song or poem |
| madrigal | pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments |
| euthanasia | mercy killing |
| extrapolation | projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information |