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 |
|---|---|
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| wrench | to move with a violent twist |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |