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 |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| apprehend | arrest |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| obscure | dark |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| reek | smoke |