GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |