GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |