GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |