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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| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
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| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
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