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
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| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |