GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| 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 |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |