GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
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|---|---|
| progeny | descendants |
| canny | clever |
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| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
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| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
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