GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| thespian | actor |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
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| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |