GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |
| grunt | to utter a grunt |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| ponderous | of very great weight |