GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| quarry | game |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |