GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| affinity | relationship by marriage |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| calorific | caloric |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |