GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

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WordMeaning
chastento correct by punishment or suffering : discipline
connotationsomething suggested by a word or thing : implication
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair
demoniacpossessed or influenced by a demon
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
coga tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear
ciliatedpossessing cilia
distendextend