GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
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|---|---|
| acme | the highest point or stage |
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| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
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