GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

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WordMeaning
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
surrogateone appointed to act in place of another : deputy
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
prosperto succeed in an enterprise or activity
demolitionthe act of demolishing
pestlea usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration