GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| faculty | ability |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| sybarite | voluptuary |