GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |