GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| encumber | weigh down |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |