GRE Word List

OFFENSIVE

making attack : aggressive

The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.

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complaisantmarked by an inclination to please or oblige
concertedmutually contrived or agreed on
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
quarantinea period of 40 days
blisscomplete happiness
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gobbleto swallow or eat greedily
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")