GRE Word List
UNGUENT
a soothing or healing salve : ointment
The meaning of the word unguent is a soothing or healing salve : ointment.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |