GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

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abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
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coevalof the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
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begrudgeto give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure
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