GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| leave-taking | departure |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| defalcate | deduct |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |