GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
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|---|---|
| impediment | something that impedes |
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| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |