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 |
|---|---|
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| impinge | encroach |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |