GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| stench | stink |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |