Vocabulary Word
Word: pungent
Definition: stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency
Definition: stinging; acrid; sharp in taste or smell; (of speech or writing) caustic; N. pungency
Sentences Containing 'pungent'
A formidable array of bottles and test-tubes, with the pungent cleanly smell of hydrochloric acid, told me that he had spent his day in the chemical work which was so dear to him.
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::: scoff - laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats
::: propitiate - appease; conciliate; make peaceful; ADJ. propitiatory
::: atrocity - brutal deed; ADJ. atrocious
::: impolitic - not wise; not expedient; not politic
::: vicarious - experienced as if one were taking part in the experience of another; done by a deputy for other people; acting as a substitute; Ex. vicarious thrill at the movies; Ex. the vicarious sufferings of Christ
::: veritable - being truly so; real or genuine; actual; not false or imaginary
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