GRE Word List
ASSERT
to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
The meaning of the word assert is to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |