GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |