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

WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
caldrona large kettle or boiler
dominantcommanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
dummya person who is incapable of speaking