GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |