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 |
|---|---|
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |