GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concur | to express agreement |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |