GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |