GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peruse | to examine or consider with attention and in detail : study |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| garner | to gather into storage |