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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |