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 |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| flighty | swift |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| cataclysm | flood |