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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WordMeaning
extenuateto lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate
obtrudeto thrust out : extrude
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
unwieldynot easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
tacitexpressed or carried on without words or speech
almssomething (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor
extantcurrently or actually existing
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law