GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| paramour | lover |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |