GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

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WordMeaning
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
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limboan abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism
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