GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

Random words

WordMeaning
imploreto make an earnest request to (someone) : beg
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
explicateto give a detailed explanation of
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
pastoralof, relating to, or composed of shepherds or herdsmen
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion
trougha long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart