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 |
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| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| guileless | innocent |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |