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 |
|---|---|
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |