GRE Word List
UNGUENT
a soothing or healing salve : ointment
The meaning of the word unguent is a soothing or healing salve : ointment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| 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 |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |