GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
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| concentric | having a common center |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
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| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
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