GRE Word List
ASSERT
state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence
The meaning of the word assert is state strongly or positively; demand recognition of (rights, claims, etc.); make a claim to (by forceful action); Ex. assert one's independence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tinge | give a slight degree of a color or quality to; N: slight degree of a color or quality; Ex. tinged with grey/jealousy |
| recreant | disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
| narcissist | conceited person; N. narcissism; CF. narcissus |
| epicure | connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus |
| devout | pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
| menace | threat; V: threaten |
| finicky | too particular; fussy; difficult to please; too concerned with unimportant details or quality; Ex. finicky about her food |
| ethnology | study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology |
| ossify | change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas |
