GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| besmirch | to cause harm or damage to the purity, luster, or beauty of (something) : sully |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| parlance | speech |
| nourishment | food |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |