GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

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scoretwenty
suffocateto stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation)
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premonitionprevious notice or warning : forewarning
robusthaving or exhibiting strength or vigorous health
wantonmerciless
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
mincingaffectedly dainty or delicate
nugatoryof little or no consequence : trifling
corrugatedhaving corrugations