GRE Word List

ASSAIL

to attack violently : assault

The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.

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emasculateto deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken
alimentaryof or relating to nourishment or nutrition
quashto suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
retortto pay or hurl back : return
avowto declare assuredly
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
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