GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

Random words

WordMeaning
relegateto send into exile : banish
randoma haphazard course
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
outcastone that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah
perspicaciousof acute mental vision or discernment : keen
rampa sloping way or plane: such as
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
plebeiana member of the Roman plebs