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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| dominate | rule |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| raspy | harsh |
| evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |