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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| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| indelible | that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |