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 |
|---|---|
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| freebooter | pirate |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |