GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |