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 |
|---|---|
| defer | put off |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |