GRE Word List

PUNGENT

sharply painful

The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.

Random words

WordMeaning
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
eddya current of water or air running contrary to the main current
glowto shine with or as if with an intense heat
capaciouscontaining or capable of containing a great deal
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
pendingduring
botchan inflammatory sore
provenderdry food for domestic animals : feed
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease