GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| faculty | ability |
| coax | to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering : wheedle |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| defalcate | deduct |