GRE Word List
PUNGENT
sharply painful
The meaning of the word pungent is sharply painful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| archives | a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |