GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
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| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
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| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |