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 |
|---|---|
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| longevity | a long duration of individual life |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |