GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
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| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
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| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |