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 |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| encumber | weigh down |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| haven | harbor |