GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| writ | something written : writing |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |