Term: pungency: wit having a sharp and caustic quality
Candidate hypernym: wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter → 1
Candidate hypernym: horseback: the back of a horse → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus abelia: chiefly east Asian shrubs → 0
Candidate hypernym: transverse colon: the part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon → 0
Candidate hypernym: parer: a manicurist who trims the fingernails → 0
Candidate hypernym: puppet government: a government that is appointed by and whose affairs are directed by an outside authority that may impose hardships on those governed → 0
Candidate hypernym: pile: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure → 0
Candidate hypernym: melosa: South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil → 0
Candidate hypernym: respiratory tract infection: any infection of the respiratory tract → 0
Candidate hypernym: goalpost: one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field → 0
Candidate hypernym: codex: an unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll) → 0