GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |