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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| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
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| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| jumble | to move in a confused or disordered manner |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |