GRE Word List
ASSAIL
to attack violently : assault
The meaning of the word assail is to attack violently : assault.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| impinge | encroach |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |