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 |
|---|---|
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |