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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
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