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 |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| appease | pacify |