GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |