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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| ramification | branch |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |