GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| broach | brooch |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |