GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |