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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foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
bestial | of or relating to beasts |
melee | a confused struggle |
decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
dour | stern |
suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |