GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
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|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
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| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |