GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| reckon | count |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |