GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| terse | using few words : devoid of superfluity |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |