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 |
|---|---|
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |