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 |
|---|---|
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |